BUSINESS REVIEW BUSINESS REVIEW Fiscal Year 2021 For the period July 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020 BUSINESS REVIEW Message from the Executive Chairman “The progress we have delivered on our growth and diversification strategy, coupled with our robust investment and distribution platform, has not only helped Investcorp absorb the shock from the COVID-19 pandemic, but we believe that it will drive our continued success and resilience amidst this uncertain market environment. Our first half fiscal year 2021 results were marked by solid performance across all business lines as economies partially reopened. The robust 9% AUM growth also demonstrates strong demand for our offerings as well as our ability to identify and originate products that meet the sophisticated needs of our expanding client base.” “We remain focused on executing on our plans to drive sustainable growth and value creation and we are confident in our ability to achieve our ambitious long-term objectives. As we grow, we are committed to continuing our prudent and disciplined approach to capital and liquidity management given the overall market uncertainties while advancing our evolution as a firm. During the period, we delivered important progress on our Environmental, Social and Governance and Diversity & Inclusion initiatives, from appointing new leaders to implementing new policies and practices. We look forward to building upon these areas as we move forward on behalf of our stakeholders and communities, and in pursuit of our corporate purpose to enrich the lives of future generations.” Mohammed Alardhi Executive Chairman BUSINESS REVIEW CONTENTS 01 Business Highlights 12 Environmental, Social and Governance 17 Diversity and Inclusion 19 Business Environment 37 Discussion of Results 46 Assets Under Management 50 Portfolio Review Figures throughout may not add up due to rounding BUSINESS REVIEW BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS BUSINESS REVIEW Strategic initiatives A number of strategic initiatives have been completed and several are well underway to realize Investcorp’s medium-term objective of reaching $50 billion in assets under management, including: Strategic Appointments Announced the appointment of Andrea Davis as the Firm’s Head of Corporate Strategy. Andrea Davis will be charged with helping to oversee Investcorp’s execution on its organic and inorganic growth initiatives across geographies and asset classes on behalf of serving its global clients Announced the appointment of Elena Ranguelova as Head of Investor Relationship Management (“IRM”) North America. In this newly created role, Elena will be responsible for the management, execution and strategy of delivering Investcorp’s products and solutions to clients in North America Fundraising Platform Launched Investcorp iPartners, a new Fintech investment platform that enables its investors to browse, assess and invest in Investcorp’s private equity, real estate and other alternative investment offerings online. Investcorp iPartners platform in the GCC is operated by Investcorp’s regulated subsidiary, Investcorp Financial Services B.S.C.(c) Strong interest and rapid placement of the two new Asian offerings in the last 6 months, the China Healthcare Portfolio and the India E-commerce Portfolio Investment Platform Investcorp’s Strategic Capital Group (ISCG) entered into a partnership with Centre Lane Partners, a leading private investment firm focused on private equity and private credit investments in the North American middle market Continued active growth of the Firm’s presence in Asia with three new investments for the India E-commerce platform, two new investments for the Asia Food Growth Fund and three new investments for the China Healthcare platform The Firm’s growing real estate business in Europe has reached a new stage in its maturity with its first successful exit of the UK Industrial Portfolio, a portfolio of seven industrial real estate assets to Mileway, the pan-European last mile logistics real estate company BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS | 1 BUSINESS REVIEW Investment activity ($m) H1 1,238 FY19 Solid levels of activity achieved H1 with $1.4 billion of aggregate 1,851 FY20 investment across Investcorp’s businesses H1 FY21 1,437 Deal-by-deal fundraising ($m) H1 571 FY19 Deal-by-deal fundraising of $0.6 H1 880 billion was achieved, reflecting FY20 continued client demand in both private equity and real estate H1 FY21 645 Realizations and distributions ($m) H1 1,952 FY19 Distributions to Investcorp and its H1 clients from investment 1,314 FY20 realizations and other distributions decreased to $1.1 H1 billion FY21 1,087 BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS | 2 BUSINESS REVIEW Profit for the year ($m) Profit for the period of $64 million was H1 58 FY19 33% higher despite the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the macro-economic and fiscal H1 48 FY20 environment, driven by a solid performance across all business lines and revenues sources H1 FY21 64 Fee income ($m) H1 Fee income remained stable at $172 150 FY19 million, however the quality of earnings improved with a greater proportion of H1 earnings attributable to recurring AUM 172 FY20 fees H1 FY21 172 Asset-based income ($m) H1 49 FY19 Asset-based income increased to $45 million, reflecting a strong recovery H1 14 across all asset classes FY20 H1 FY21 45 Cost-to-income H1 65% FY19 The cost-to-income ratio decreased to 65% in line with the increase in gross H1 69% operating income FY20 H1 FY21 65% BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS | 3 BUSINESS REVIEW Shareholder KPIs $0.88 15%* Fully diluted EPS Return on Equity Balance sheet KPIs Jun-20 Dec-20 Total assets increased primarily due to higher co-investments & $2.1b $2.4b underwriting $0.9b $1.0b Total equity increased driven by improved profitability during the period $1.2b $1.1b Accessible liquidity substantially covers all outstanding medium-term debt 0.6x 0.7x Net leverage remains below 1.0x 0.6x 0.6x Co-investments / permanent & long-term capital remains below 1.0x Investcorp’s key performance indicators: H1 FY17 H1 FY18 H1 FY19 H1 FY20 H1 FY21 Gross operating income ($m) 168 208 199 186 217 Cost-to-income ratio 64% 66% 65% 69% 65% Return on average assets* 4% 4% 5% 4% 6% Return on ordinary shareholders’ equity* 9% 9% 11% 9% 15% * Annualized return BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS | 4 BUSINESS REVIEW Total AUM ($ billions) Private equity AUM increased by 5% to $6.0 billion primarily due to fundraising for two new private equity offerings, one in China and one in India $34.9b $32.2b Other Real estate AUM also increased by 5% during the period Other to $6.7 billion due to the acquisition and placement of RE two new portfolios RE ARI Absolute return investments AUM (managed by the ARI Investcorp-Tages joint venture) increased by 16% to PE $7.0 billion, due to strong fundraising for Nut Tree PE Capital, HC Tech and the Tages Eckhardt Systematic Short-Term UCITS Fund CM CM Credit management AUM increased by 7% to $14.0 billion primarily due to the issuance/pricing of one new CLO Jun-20 Dec-20 Strategic Capital AUM increased by 53% to $0.2 billion due to new fundraising for the Investcorp Strategic Capital Partners Master Fund, L.P. Total Fundraising – by asset class ($ millions) CM PE ARI SC RE PB 2,474 2,321 1,623 1,299 1,011 H1 FY17 H1 FY18 H1 FY19 H1 FY20 H1 FY21 BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS | 5 BUSINESS REVIEW Fundraising ($ millions) Total fundraising was $1.6 billion Private equity Real estate $367 $307 $328 million raised from clients in private equity $307 million raised from clients across two new deal-by-deal investments including new portfolios, and several portfolios carried over from commitments into institutional investor programs. FY20 Private equity deal-by-deal fundraising includes the continued placement of FY20 private equity offerings, primarily ZoloStays, as well as the launch of the China Pre-IPO Healthcare Portfolio, India E- commerce Portfolio, and offerings of additional investments in K.S.I. Trading Corp. and ABAX $40 million was also raised from clients for the Asia Food Growth Fund Absolute return investments Credit management $332 $520 $327 million was raised for the Investcorp-Tages $443 million was raised from the issuance/pricing hedge funds partnerships platform of one new CLO $5 million was raised for the Investcorp-Tages $40 million of new subscriptions into the open- Alternative risk premia platform ended senior secured loan fund, ICM Global Floating Rate Income Fund $33 million was raised from clients for Mount Row (Levered) II Credit Fund $4 million was raised for a new Credit Opportunities Portfolio Product Strategic capital $85 $85 million of new commitments raised largely for the Investcorp Strategic Capital Partners Fund BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS | 6 BUSINESS REVIEW Investment Activity Private Equity Sanos Group Viz Branz City Super Group Business services - Healthcare Consumer Consumer Copenhagen, Denmark Singapore Hong Kong, China Unilog XpressBees Kindstar Global Technology – E-commerce Technology – E-commerce Healthcare Wuhan, China Bengaluru, India Pune, India WeDoctor FreshToHome Lu Daopei Medical Healthcare Technology – E-commerce Healthcare Hangzhou, China Bengaluru, India Beijing, China $608 million… … the aggregate capital deployed in ten new private equity investments (one to be announced in H2 FY21), one existing strategic investment in a third-party technology-focused fund in the US and thirteen existing portfolio investments BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS | 7 BUSINESS REVIEW Real Estate 2020 Warehouse & Logistics Portfolio 2021 Multifamily Portfolio Type: Industrial properties Type: Residential properties Locations: